The World Cup is now over and Spain is the winner! Oddly enough, the city of Chattanooga, Tennessee is the first thing that came to my mind when they beat Argentina. Did you know that the Spanish team trained in Chattanooga before their two matches in Atlanta? (Since our son lives in Chattanooga, I follow the news there fairly closely.) I read an interesting article in Forbes Magazine about this. I have a link to that piece just here. Can't help but think of all the folks that saw these men training in Chattanooga and now, they have won, they must really be pleased. (And since Spain won out over Argentina, I imagine my English friends are pretty happy too.) AND the match yesterday where England beat France means that they are third place in the World Cup, so that is really not too bad, folks!
Now, you all must know that I can't spend ALL my time watching sports, just most of it! HA HA! Today, Ryan Fox from New Zealand won the Open Championship in golf! This pleased me very much as he was the one that I wanted to win. I really liked the way that he would march up to hit the ball and didn't linger over it. Also, he is 39 years old and had never won a major championship. Now, I am not a betting person, but I really should be! I really "felt" as if he would win. And he did!
This past week we lost Sam Neill, a very well-known actor from New Zealand. (He moved there as a child, born in Northern Ireland, his mother was English and his father from New Zealand). How much he was loved! I knew he was a great actor, but I now know that he was very well respected for his sweet and gentle nature. "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" is a film that Sam Neill did in 2016. Search for it! You will enjoy it as much as I did, I am sure!
As I was watching Ryan Fox, I was curious about his background. I found out that his Dad, Grant Fox played for the New Zealand All Blacks and was part of the team that won the Rugby World Cup in 1987! The All Blacks, you must remember the HAKA that they do before matches, don't you? I have had that on my blog before, but here, let me see if I can show you again....
My friends, I do hope that all that I have written here makes sense. It is so dang HOT, I can't even think straight.
Take care!
It's really hot here too so I get it. Hard to think when your brain is boiling. lol
ReplyDeleteFrom watching the news, the whole country is boiling hot, not to mention the smoke from the wildfires. Pretty tough summer.
DeleteSorry to hear thta you are all sweltering. I hope it cools soon and then we get warm. Hopefully not too much so. I loved Sam Neil movies.
ReplyDeleteI think that Sam Neill was universally loved. It seems that way to me!
DeleteWe were one of the rare families not following the world cup! So cool they trained in Chattanooga. We were there a few years ago and loved it. But I did hear about Sam Neill, sad...
ReplyDeleteYes, it's hot and smoky here too!
I think that soccer (or football as it is called in most of the world) might be even more popular in the USA after the World Cup was here! (But then, I think a lot of folks didn't bother with it but hey, I am married to a Brit, so you know we did. LOL!)
DeleteYes, Art was following the world cup. Me, not so much. Thank you for showing the haka. They do the haka in Hawaii too which is a lot of fun. I really enjoyed your football haka clip.
ReplyDeleteSo glad you liked the haka clip! I looked at quite a few and thought that was a good one. I know a lot of women who don't care for sports, I am not one of them! LOL!
DeleteI remember Sam Neill. That's so sad. He was so young. As I get older, anybody younger than 90 is too young to pass away.
ReplyDeleteI know, I feel the same way.
DeleteI'm going to take your advice and try to find "Hunt for the Wilderpeople" on one of my streaming services. It has been on my "to see" list for a long time because it was produced, written and directed by Taika Waititi, who I think is brilliant! I didn't even know Sam Neill was in it, but since he was such a good actor, I should see this performance in memory of his achievements.
ReplyDeleteOh, I hope that you will like it as much as I do! Please, let us know in a post if you can! Lovely to have you back from vacation.
DeleteI didn't follow either, but my husband did so I do know the results.
ReplyDeleteGA On My Mind is one of my favorite songs ever.
Glad your teams won!
Thanks! And of course, Ray Charles is a Georgia guy like we are Georgia gals!
DeleteCongratulations to Spain, and to all the fine competitors. I pray you have a blessed week and find some good sports to watch since a lot of the major stuff is over for the moment.
ReplyDeleteI know, it is a bit of a let down when these major sports events are over. Still, we have our baseball!
DeleteYes, Spain is the winner. It has been good to watch the whole world focus on the World Cup, something other than war and tragedy. So sad at the loss of Sam Neill; we have loved him in all his films and Australia claims him too. His second home was in Sydney and his children are there. I will look for the Wilderpeople film as I have not seen it.
ReplyDeleteOf course, Australia would claim him also! I don't blame you! Let me know if you see the Wilderpeople film, I thought it was sweet and funny, my two favorite things in a movie. x
DeleteRight, that's over, back to proper football now.
ReplyDeleteQuite right, quite right.
DeleteI've got Chattanooga Choo Choo running through my mind now. 🎶
ReplyDeleteYou should be a fortune-teller with your gifts!
It's funny, I really do have a bit of a gift of seeing things that will happen. Only thing, my "sight" isn't always timely. I can predict something, but it might take years for it to come true. The golf tournament was spot on, though! And I do love the Chattanooga Choo Choo song too!
DeleteYou brought back memories - I used to play Chattanooga Choo Choo on my radio program years ago.
ReplyDeleteBest wishes and God bless.
Oh yes, and guess what....Richard can play Chattanooga Choo Choo on the guitar! It sounds great! Lovely to see your comment here!
DeleteThe World Cup has been exciting. But now I can concentrate on baseball.
ReplyDeleteYes! Go Braves!! (I think is the Tigers that you root for!)
DeleteI'm a big fan of Sam Neill films. Hunt for the Wilderpeople is a cracker as is Moonrise Kingdom, two great films about childhood.
ReplyDeleteI've managed to miss most of the tennis and the world cup by watching box sets instead. So everyone is happy.
I didn't know Moonrise Kingdom, so I looked it up. Wow, it gets really high ratings. It has Bruce Willis and that alone makes me want to see it. I always have liked him. Such a shame he is going through such a terrible illness just now.
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